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    About the CNIC
    20 Oct 2025
    Cardiovascular health with a gender perspective: Experts from 21 European countries gather in Madrid for the JACARDI General Assembly

    The Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) hosted in Madrid the third General Assembly of JACARDI from October 14 to 16 
    Juan De Dios Hourcade, Juan A Bernal Rodríguez, Giovanna Giovinazzo, María Beatriz Álvarez Flores, Juan Antonio López del Olmo, Valeria Caiolfa, Antonio Quesada Navidad, Lorena Cussó Mula, Manuel Desco, Fátima Sánchez Cabo, Elena Rodríguez y Ana Dopazo.
    About the CNIC
    6 Feb 2025
    The CNIC secures ISO 9001 certification for its 11 technical units

    The accreditation confirms the reliability of the units’ technical output and facilitates external collaborations, factors crucial to sustaining the CNIC’s leadership in cardiovascular research
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    About the CNIC
    23 Oct 2024
    JACARDI General Assembly: More than 200 experts from 21 European countries unite to improve care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes

    The National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), and the Health Research Institute of Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12), representing SERMAS, are actively participating in JACARDI through different pilot projects
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    About the CNIC
    6 Sep 2024
    CNIC receives the Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence Award from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, granted in 2021
    About the CNIC
    18 Jan 2024
    Don´t miss the new videos showcasing research at the CNIC
    David Sancho
    About the CNIC
    31 Oct 2023
    David Sancho wins the 28th Carmen and Severo Ochoa Award for Research in Molecular Biology

    Dr Sancho heads the CNIC Immunobiology Laboratory, whose work focuses on research into the function of dendritic cells and macrophages, as key immune cells that modulate immunity and inflammation, and the use of these cells in immunotherapy in a wide range of diseases
    Imágenes del corazón obtenidas mediante resonancia magnética en las que se analizan distintas estructuras de la anatomía y función del corazón: aurículas (paneles A y B), ventrículos (paneles C y D), características del tejido cardiaco (paneles E y F).
    Research
    3 Mar 2023
    eClinicalMedicine: Imaging the adolescent heart

    The results, published in eClinicalMedicine, have direct implications for clinical practice by providing a list of reference values for a multitude of cardiac parameters used in daily practice
    About the CNIC
    19 Jul 2021
    CNIC awarded Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation

    The Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence accreditation awards one million euros funding per year over four years
    Sara Martínez Martínez, María José Méndez Olivares, Álvaro Alfayate, , Andrea de la Fuente-Alonso, Miguel R. Campanero, Juan Miguel Redondo y Jesús Vázquez.
    Research
    11 May 2021
    Nature Communications: Inhibition of proteins activated by nitric oxide reverses aortic aneurysm in Marfan syndrome

    Scientists at the CNIC and CSIC have shown that elevated activity of proteins regulated by nitric oxide (NO) causes the aortic disease seen in Marfan Syndrome patients
    Irene Fernández-Nueda, Carlos Cerón y Marta Cortés-Canteli
    About the CNIC
    15 Dec 2020
    CNIC scientists coordinate a European project to develop a biomarker for the early identification of the vascular component in Alzheimer disease

    The BioClotAD project, coordinated by CNIC scientist Dr Marta Cortés Canteli, has been selected by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)